Ardem Map – World Size and Known Locations

The Ardem map covers a handcrafted 64 km² open world. This page tracks the publicly confirmed locations, regions, and world-design details so you can plan routes and exploration priorities without inventing coordinates.

World overview

• World size: 64 km² handcrafted open world
• Setting: Post-outbreak survival world following the RHAB-14 event
• Exploration: Confirmed as a core gameplay loop alongside resource gathering, vehicles, and base building
• Exact coordinates: Not yet publicly verified — no spawn points, grid references, or precise landmark positions are listed without direct public evidence

Known locations

The following areas and location categories have been named or shown in official materials. Exact positions, sizes, and loot contents are not confirmed until the public playtest or official updates provide direct evidence.

Military Areas

Military Areas have been confirmed as a world-design category in official Ardem updates. These zones are expected to contain military-grade loot, weapons, and higher-risk encounters, but the number, location, and exact contents of military sites remain unconfirmed.

• Confirmed by: Official Ardem Sneak Peek Roundup
• What is known: Military areas exist as a location category in the world design
• What is not confirmed: Number of sites, specific names, coordinates, loot tables, enemy types

Settlements and built-up areas

Official world design confirms that the 64 km² world includes built environments and structures that players will explore, loot, and use for shelter. Specific town names, layouts, and densities have not been publicly detailed.

• Confirmed by: Steam store page and official Ardem site
• What is known: The world includes structures, bases, and explorable built environments
• What is not confirmed: Specific settlement names, populations, or exact locations

Rural and wilderness areas

The open world includes forests, open terrain, and wilderness zones that support foraging, hunting, and travel between built areas. The exact mix of biomes and terrain types has not been fully detailed in public sources.

• Confirmed by: Steam store page — open-world zombie survival RPG
• What is known: Wilderness and rural zones exist alongside built areas
• What is not confirmed: Biome list, wildlife density, or terrain distribution

What is confirmed

Ardem is an open-world zombie survival RPG from Techtive Games. Public sources confirm a handcrafted 64 km² world, resource gathering, vehicles, electricity restoration, farming, hunting, fishing, base building, and solo, co-op, PvE, PvP, and RP server play.

How to use this page

Use this route as a source-backed planning page while Ardem is still pre-release. Track confirmed location categories and world-design facts without inventing exact coordinates, region boundaries, or loot distributions.

Open details

Exact map coordinates, named settlements, military site locations, spawn points, fast-travel positions, and region-specific loot tables need direct public evidence from the playtest or official updates before they become database rows.

Evidence answers

Confirmed public facts for Ardem: Ardem is the canonical official title for ardemdb.wiki.; Current public lifecycle on 2026-09-15 is pre-release with release date/window 2026.; The world is a handcrafted 64 km² open world.; Military areas are confirmed as a world-design category.; Farming, hunting, fishing, and foraging systems are all confirmed.

Use the map route to plan exploration around confirmed location categories and world size.

Keep exact numbers, coordinates, rates, recipes, tier placements, and balance values open unless a linked public source states them.

Steam source

Player steps

Start by checking the current public status, then use the map route to plan exploration around confirmed location categories. Mark the area you are trying to reach, list the official fact that supports it existing, and leave a blank for any coordinate or detail that would require direct playtest evidence.

When a new public update arrives, compare the update against the saved source notes before changing the page. Add a location row only when the source names the area clearly enough for another player to verify. If the source only confirms that a category exists, keep it at category level and route players to the related system pages.

Failure modes

Do not treat store descriptions as exact maps. A confirmed 64 km² world does not prove region boundaries or coordinates. A confirmed military-areas category does not prove the number, names, or positions of individual sites. A confirmed open-world loop does not prove fast travel, spawn points, or map markers. These gaps are useful to show because they stop the wiki from publishing brittle guesses.

FAQ

Can I use this before the public playtest?

Yes. Use it to understand what world regions and location categories are confirmed, and where to watch for new details. It is designed to help players plan routes and exploration priorities without pretending that unreleased map data is already known.

What should be updated first after playtest access?

Prioritize evidence that affects repeat decisions: confirmed region names, safe starter areas, military site locations, resource-dense zones, landmark positions, and travel routes between major areas.

Why are some exact values missing?

Exact coordinates, region boundaries, and named locations are omitted until a public source or direct captured evidence supports them. That keeps the Ardem map stable when pre-release material changes.

Source notes

The current facts come from the official Steam page and official Ardem site records saved for this project. Use those sources for title, developer, platform, world size, survival systems, server-mode claims, and named world-design categories like military areas. Use future captured playtest evidence for coordinates, named settlements, loot distributions, landmark positions, and region boundaries.